The AI Chopping Block
The AI Chopping Block
Podcast Description
Learn what works in AI right now and future-proof your business or your career so you don't end up on the AI chopping block.Right now, AI is used for less than 1% of the problems it can solve. We're here to change that.Every week, we interview industry insiders & the builders behind game-changing AI-powered companies to uncover practical insights you can implement in your business or career to get ahead.Hosted by David Stepania with tech veterans Ben Smokovic & Derek Skinnell, these conversations cut through the hype to show how real businesses are leveraging AI's untapped potential.
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Focuses on the intersection of education, career development, and technology innovation, with episodes discussing topics like the future of jobs in an AI-driven economy, alternative education paths, and practical applications of AI in various industries, such as featuring founder Lawrence Bugg's insights on how to create job opportunities that don't currently exist.
Learn what works in AI right now and future-proof your business or your career so you don’t end up on the AI chopping block.
Right now, AI is used for less than 1% of the problems it can solve. We’re here to change that.
Every week, we interview industry insiders & the builders behind game-changing AI-powered companies to uncover practical insights you can implement in your business or career to get ahead.
Hosted by David Stepania with tech veterans Ben Smokovic & Derek Skinnell, these conversations cut through the hype to show how real businesses are leveraging AI’s untapped potential.
In this episode, Mark Michael, founder of DevHub, breaks down what it really looks like to scale a non–AI-native company in the age of AI agents.
DevHub powers thousands of franchise and multi-location websites, and instead of chasing hype, Mark explains how his team is using AI where it actually works from internal knowledge agents and developer copilots to agent-driven website updates across hundreds or thousands of locations.
We dive into:
– How DevHub manages 300–3000 websites with minimal human overhead
– Why AI agents are quietly replacing entire workflows (not just roles)
– The reality of AI in hiring, SDRs, project management, and engineering
– Why small teams under 100 people are in the strongest position right now
– How internal AI knowledge bases are eliminating meetings and bottlenecks
– Why brand, not product, may be the only thing AI can’t replace
– The uncomfortable truth about what AI is doing to humanity inside companies
Mark also shares hard-earned lessons from 18+ years of building DevHub, including pivots, buying the company back from investors, expanding into Latin America, and why he believes we’re living through the real “Roaring 20s” of tech right now.
If you’re a founder, operator, or leader wondering how to use AI without destroying your culture or your edge, this conversation is a must-watch.
Where to find me:
• David: Linkedin
• Email: [email protected]
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